(re: Play old Sierra Games on new PCs) If you can’t or don’t want to put together an old computer, there are free tools available to help.
1. For sound in old DOS games on Windows 2000 or Windows XP, install
Link: DOSBox(http://ntvdm.cjb.net/” target=blank>VDMSound and VDMS Launchpad.
2. For DOS games that have timer bugs on newer machines, use <A href=”http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/)
, mostly for older, real mode games.
3. For Sierra AGI games, try
Link: FreeSCI(http://www.agidev.com/nagi.html” target=_blank>NAGI
4. For earlier Sierra SCI games, try <A href=”http://freesci.linuxgames.com/download.html)
Help can also be found at the Sierra message boards
Link: http://www.sierra.com/forum.do(http://www.sierra.com/forum.do)
, VOGONS
Link: http://vogons.zetafleet.com/(http://vogons.zetafleet.com/)
and NTCompatible
Link: http://www.ntcompatible.com/(http://www.ntcompatible.com/)